jod13whittaker: stand-up-gifs:stand-up-gifs:heatherleee:stand-up-gifs:bartfargo:stand-up-gifs:Lol Jo
jod13whittaker: stand-up-gifs:stand-up-gifs:heatherleee:stand-up-gifs:bartfargo:stand-up-gifs:Lol John Deere executives think they can break the worker’s strike by having Terry from HR build an engine. Anyone else have the “Shake Hands With Danger” song playing in their heads? For those unaware of this masterpierce, it’s from a 1980′s industrial safety training video, and it’s main character is named ‘Three Finger Joe.’ I’m just imagining some farmer trying to fix his combine in 2023, saying “I don’t know why it won’t work, it’s only 2 years old,” and then they open up the engine and the dusty hand bones of a middle manager fall out. Things are going great over there! It’s day 1 and salary workers are joking about forming their own union, this is great stuff. I’m seeing some scorching hot takes in the notes, & I need to say: Terry from HR used to be Terry & Jerry & Mary from HR, but Jerry turned 50 & the CEO decided he was getting paid too much & he was laid off alongside a bunch of seasonal or temp employees so it wouldn’t look like ageism, & Mary had a kid & the CEO decided she wouldn’t be around as much any more (regardless of what her actual situation was), so HR was downsized even as the amount of work remained or grew.I almost guarantee you that Terry from HR didn’t just start thinking about workers rights when he got sent to the factory floor. It’s just that there’s so little concept of white collar unions in the US (even amongst politicians who talk about unions) that most office drones don’t think it could ever apply, even though white collar sectoral unions do actually exist.Also, to answer the question of who is doing the office work: Terry is still expected to do his normal office work. I can promise you that. -- source link